# Explain "retirement" to me

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 3, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-retirement-to-me/1011120 "2024-12-03T15:25:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-retirement-to-me/1011120/160 "2024-12-26T01:13:30Z")

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Don’t diss bitcoin. My investment is worth about 10 times its initial value.

Admittedly, the original investment was from a phone app that earned it, a few pennies at a time, 6 or so years ago Now I wish I’d put a few hundred dollars in.

I could sell it all and have a nice night at a hotel. Or a week’s worth of groceries.

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